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Supporting Fraser Holden and the Black and White Movement

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Fraser Holden fundraises for the Motor Neuron Disease Association of Ireland

Back in 2017, I had a solo exhibition “Nostalgia’s Not What it Was” in Fumbally Exchange on Dame Lane in Dublin City. It was a sell out success and visited by so many people during the time it was open. One of the people who visited was Australian Fraser Holden who loved my work and was immensely positive about it. From talking to Fraser I could tell how creative he was himself and I knew he would do lots of interesting things while living in Ireland. From following him on Instagram I could see all that he got up to - even writing and illustrating a children’s book.

And now Fraser is working on his latest project which he has started since his diagnosis with Motor Neurone Disease. He has created the “Black and White Movement” to raise funds for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association and with his wife Orlagh Reynolds is hosting a large scale art exhibition on October 20th in the Richmond Event & Exhibition Centre in Dublin.

Black and White Movement Art Exhibition

I am proud to support Fraser in this endeavour and have donated two pieces for this exhibition in which all of the paintings are black and white. To find out more about the exhibtion, see the Black and White Art Movement Instagram.

The first painting is “Skies of Laughter” and the second PIGSY piece is titled “Searching II”

Fraser Holden on Ireland AM

In an interview on Ireland AM, Fraser’s wife Orlagh explains how ugly the disease of MND is but she goes on to say that there is goodness too and this goodness is where Fraser is now fundraising for the Motor Neurone Association of Ireland and how he reached out to artists and over 40 have submitted pieces for his Black and White Movement Art Exhibition. You can watch the interview with Fraser on Ireland AM here.

Tic Toc by Fraser Holden

As I said Fraser is a creative guy and he is also an artist too and so he has created a piece of art specifically for part of this fundraiser of which you can also buy tickets here for along with lots of other great prizes. Click here to see details of the raffle. The art work by Fraser is called “Commodity” and it is all about what is about our most important commodity which is time.

There are other ways to support and a GoFundMe has also been set up of which you can find details of by clicking here.

MND is an incurable terminal disease so any support you can give is invaluable and will help to fund research while the Go Fund Me could help Fraser and his family as they live with the disease. As I said I am very happy to be able to support Fraser in this project and I hope you can too.

Art Exhibition to raise funds for MND Ireland

And if you are interested in buying a piece of Black and White Art why not come along to the exhibition on the 20th of October in Richmond Event & Exhibtion Centre!

Ice Bucket Challenge for MND

And if you are thinking you have never heard of Motor Neurone Disease you may recall the viral “Ice Bucket Challenge” from a few years ago. This challenge was all about bringing awareness to MND or what you may refer to as ALS as the disease is also known as amyotrphic lateral sclerosis, depending on what country you are living in. If you have any further information about MND or ALS, feel free to leave a comment in the box below!